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Francisco Hardy Francisco had been following Brooke the entire way throughout all the corridors. But she had continued to run right past the Great Hall, it appeared as if she was heading to Professor Gates's office. Most likely to see if Ren was in there.

But Francisco was curious as to see what was happening in the Great Hall. A group of students were rushing out screaming and say not to go in. But being the curious one he was, Francisco poked his head into the hall. And what he saw, wasn't something he wanted to.

Lying on the ground was the Transfiguration teacher, Professor Buckmiter. All the students trying to hide from the chaos that was happening.

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Vivienne Moor No no no no no no no.

Vivi catapulted towards the Hall, already afraid of what she might find, expecting nothing less of devastation. The sight of the commonroom, shredded with skill born of desperation, had convinced her that time was short. Aiko was in trouble, and Vivi was not about to lose her closest friend. Oh no. Running helter-skelter, she collided with something solid in her way, sending both it and herself flying beyond the great wooden doors and into the middle of the devastation. Had she been thinking properly, she would have realized it was a very, very stupid move.

At first it was hard to discern anything that was happening in the Hall. She bit her lip to hold back a scream, feeling her blood boil as Habba exploded, covering everyone in orange and blue chunks. Had she had time to think about it her stomach might have revolted, yet momentarily she was busy. Streaks of purple oozed in her hair, but Vivi didn't care. She had to find Aiko, because...well, because something bad was going to happen. Something bad was already happening. The blood curdling shrieks told her that much.

The panicked students hid behind over turned tables, statues, and most stampeded for the doors, though with too many people trying to get out at once, few got far. Vivi scrambled up, jumping off whatever she had landed on. Hastly glancing down she muttered, "Oh-Cisco." As he stood up she climbed onto a chair.

Able to see clearly now, Vivi scanned the Hall. What she saw made her sick. A professor lay prone, a student draped over him, both assumed dead. Near them stood Prince John Paul, the Hitler of the wizarding world...and before him stood Aiko.

"This can't be happening again." She murmured, fear suddenly beginning to kick in and overwelm her. He was going to kill Aiko, he was going to kill them all, Hogwarts was ruined. Danuliete stood there, their only savior, a traitor. Nothing could stop it this time.

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Francisco Hardy Francisco looked at Vivi, then looked over at Aiko. He knew that Aiko and Vivi were very close friends. It had to be hard to look up at your best friend, and seeing her being controled by the most feared dark wizard in the wizarding world.

And then there was Danuliete. She was now on Prince's side, why, he had no idea. It was hard to stand there and watch as the one person you thought you would be able to count on, turns on you and goes to the dark side.

Francisco turned to Vivi, "What is Danuliete doing up there, anyway?" he asked her, his eyes still surveying the hall, making sure to glance back to Prince, so he couldn't curse him.

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Vivienne Moor "Betraying us." Vivi whispered, still horrifed. Yet survival tactics were beginning to set in, and she knew they could not stay here, out in the open. They were prime targets for a causual curse, one that would be the last thing both remembered. She had read about the Unforgivable curses, after last year, and had no desire to be the victim of one.

Yet at the same time, she had to help Aiko. She wanted to smack her, make her wake up, make her help herself. Why did Prince have such power over everyone? Why couldn't someone stop him? Someone could stop him. And she choose not to.

"We've got to move, Cisco." Vivi said, puncturing her statement by pointing. The commontion was so loud that he might not have heard her, but hand signals were easy enough to understand.

"Now."

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Francisco Hardy Francisco looked at Vivi, trying to understand what she was saying. He coudln't understand her and what he heard from her, wasn't what her hands were saying. So he decided to go with what her hands were saying.

They made a run for it, jumping over the tipped over chairs and tables that were a cause from all the chaos that was happening here in the Great Hall.

Francisco's heart was pounding, some because of the excitment of being so close to death (he always wanted to be a thrill seeker), and then also because of the fear of ding right on the spot.

He was idiot, after the stories he had heard after last years devistation, he knew the Unforgivable Curses oh so well, and knew there ultimate purpuse.

Francisco leaned over to Vivi after jumping behind a table close to Prince, but yet hidden from them all. "What do we do now?" he asked, his voice breathless and full of exaustion.

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Professor Infinity Gates "You get out of here." Professor Gates crouched down beside them. Abandoning all formalities she said, "Fransisco, Vivi, get out of here. Get everyone you can down to Hogsmeade. Find Professor Blacknight if you can. Send her here."

She paused slightly, looking darkly at the Hufflepuff girl. "Vivi, do not trust Aiko. She's under His control. She's not the Aiko you know."

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Vivienne Moor Vivi had cause to suddenly wonder if Cisco was one of those happy-go-lucky, jump through rings of fire, live on the edge type of daredevil people as he went off on a mad dash across the Great Hall. She had said they needed to move, not that they needed to run across the open like crazed rabbits. Really.

More cautiously she followed him, keeping a wary eye on events as they progressed. The way Prince and his followers acted, they were not here just to massacere innocents. There was a purpose to their madness, some ulterior motive. Somthing that involved the shimmering object Aiko had handed Prince. Head down, she slid through mashed potatoes, wondering how the house elves would ever manage to clean this up, assuming Hogwarts was still standing. It was the least of her worries, but as she couldn't comprehend the others, her brain fixtated on this one.

Cisco's dash had taken them closer to Prince. Brilliant, just brilliant. For the moment they were hidden and safe, but previous events showed that he could easily blow up a table, and then were would they be?

From now on, I call the shots. She thought, a little irritated. Maybe he fancied dying, but she didn't, thank you very much.

"I meant we needed to move away from Prince." She hissed, exasperated. "I'm not so delusional that I plan to hex him from here." In the case of such an event, she imagined four wands would promptly curse into oblivion. Perhaps with that many hexes she combust, like Habba.

Professor Gates voice behind her startled her, and she nearly jumped out of her skin. Then the Professor's wisdom hit her, and she nodded. Hogsmeade. They needed Blacknight, they needed to owl the Ministry, they needed help.

"All right, Professor." She replied, glad someone who knew what they were doing could direct them, as obviously Cisco was of no help at all. Grabbing him, she inched along the wall towards the door.

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Francisco Hardy Francisco pulled Vivi's tight grip on his shirt off of him. And both him and Vivi continued to inch their ways across the hall, making sure they wern't seen by Prince, or any of the other ones standing with him.

"Vivi, where are we going, and what do we have to do?" he asked, taking a step over a pile of wood from the tables. The Great Hall was a complete and utter mess. This was going to be a horrible way to end the year.

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Vivienne Moor "Out the door," she replied, repressing the urge to roll her eyes as she slipped behind a curtain and opened one of the many back exits out of the Hall. Once both were through she paused. It was quiet in the Hall way, silent almost after the room of screaming people. Sounds of terror were muted, it was darker. Slowly her eyes adjusted and she turned to explain.

"Blacknight and Hogsmeade. Blacknight wasn't in the Hall, she must be in the castle somewhere. We're not going back in the Hall. We need to tell those students running out to go to Hogsmeade. There are secret entrances somewhere..." She trailed off, trying to remember where. She had never been to the famous wizarding town.

She was beginning to shake, wondering how many of the students and Faculty were dead, but she shoved that thought aside. Hogsmeade. Blacknight.

"Okay, Cisco?"

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Fransisco Hardy Francisco dozed off only for a few moments. It was hard to believed that they had just left so many innocent students in the hall with a crazed murderer, but yet they had to look after themselves, right?

He came back to reality, and replyed to Vivi. "Yeah, alright. We need to find Blacknight, and also find the entrences to Hogsmeade."

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Vivienne Moor The entrance to Hogsmeade, or in this case, the exit from Hogwarts was somewhere, she knew. Vivi had overheard a rumor of one behind the portrait of Merlin... third floor maybe? Maybe not. She had thought, Cisco being older, that he would know. This complicated things. Vivi herself had never been to the famous town, as only third years and up were allowed to go.

"Dang it. Okay, if you don't know, Blacknight first. She's probably in her Potions lab."

Or in the Slytherin commonroom, or the owlery, or one thousand and one other places in Hogwarts.

The more she concentrated on finding Blacknight, the less she concentrated on whether or not Aiko was alive. She remembered, after Aiko first returned from the dungeons, how at night she had woken up screaming. How she looked like a shadow, barely there, afraid of the world, of the people. How everyone had avoided her gaze, and watched her if she went into the common room. But no, Vivi couldn't think about that now. Couldn't think about it...

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Marcus Darkmoor Marcus Darkmoor strode up the corridor towards the two students, his black robes flowing out behind him, a dark, determined look upon his face. "You two. Head for Hogsmeade immediately and send an owl with this note to the Ministry explaining what is going on here." Glancing at Francisco, seeing a disoriented and confused look on his face, and the somewhat more rational girl, he thrust a scroll of parchment with the Hogwarts Seal on it into Vivienne's hands. "I have opened a passage from just outside the kitchens below the Great Hall, next to the picture of the bowl of fruit. Follow it and you will enter Hogsmeade in a building near the Post Office."

Marcus started to continue past them, but seeing their hesistation barked, "Move! Now!" in a stern voice.

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Vivienne Moor Darkmoor had just solved all of their immediate problems, and for once in her life Vivi was grateful to the stern caretaker. He provided some bit of sanity in the situation anyway, and was explicid enough that she knew what he was talking about. Glancing down at the scroll in her hands, she gripped it tighter. The Professors would lead the other students to saftey. Now Cisco and herself had a different task.

"Yes Sir." She answered, catching Cisco's eye. "Come on. Hogwarts needs help." She began to run, spriting along the corridors towards the kichens. Though small she was fast, both on her broom and on the ground. This time however, somethig was driving her. It was the hope that help could arrive... before it was too late.

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Francisco Hardy Francisco followed Vivi, trying his hardest to keep up with the quick girl. For a small girl, she sure was quick on her feet.

As they made their way up to the Kitchens, Francisco had to ask Vivi a question. "What are we going to do?" he asked, trying to sound as calm as he could. For some odd reason, everyone kept looking at him like he was confused and didn't know what he was doing.

"Maybe I should go and look for Blacknight, while you go and do whatever you need to do." he said, his head hurting from all the screaming he had been hearing.

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Vivienne Moor Vivi shook her head. "We go to Hogsmeade." She replied, firm in her resolve. Only the quivering of her hands showed what she really felt.

Aiko. She's gonna die. Emmaline, Diamond, I was talking to him yesterday. Are they alive? Dead? Dead or alive? Kairi, I barely knew her, dead. Buckmiter dead.

Who next? Are more dead?

"Blacknight can't miss the noise. She'll go help. I bet'cha she's in the Hall now. We have to warn the Ministry and the rest of Hogsmeade. They need to get ready for injuries, and all the extra people that'll be there soon. And get ready for Prince." She was talking quickly, too quickly, providing reasons why they had to leave, why it was the smart decision, nevermind who they were leaving behind. They weren't the heros. They were a soon to be Fifth and third year, not bloody Aurors. They were doing the right thing...but it still felt wrong.

Dead, all dead? Nami and Donal and Serena. And Avery. Damn Prince. Damn him.

"It's the best we can do." She finished, stepping into the passage to Hogsmeade and jumping down the stairs, two at a time. She nearly slipped on slime, but it was too late to go back. "Lumos." She whispered, able to see but uncomforted by the pen light beam her of wand. Behind her she heard Cisco, and she was relieved at least that she didn't face this alone.

I will not cry. I WILL NOT CRY.